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Fort Mill board approves strategic plan update, adopts 27 textbooks and adopts 2026-27 school calendar
Summary
By voice vote the Fort Mill School Board updated its five-year strategic plan, approved 27 textbooks recommended by staff and adopted the 2026-27 school year calendar; staff also reported a positive cash flow and alerted the public that York County Council will consider the new impact fee on April 7.
The Fort Mill School Board approved three administration recommendations during the meeting: an update to the district's five-year strategic plan, adoption of 27 textbooks for multiple grade bands and approval of the 2026-27 school calendar.
Strategic plan: A board member moved to accept the administration's update to the five-year strategic plan, which includes adjustments tied to the district's most recent data. The motion carried by voice vote.
Textbooks: Staff described a state-led vetting process followed by local teacher teams and recommended 27 titles across elementary, middle and high school courses. The board heard why certain choices were made (elementary math selection: "Kiddom" for alignment with standards; middle-school math: publishers such as Savas and Envision; new high-school courses have tailored materials). After discussion and staff answers about AI-enabled features in some digital materials, the board approved the recommendation by voice vote.
School calendar: Staff presented a revised 2026-27 calendar (an 89/91 semester split, placement of a teacher workday near the October break, correction of Memorial Day date in 2027). The board approved the calendar by voice vote.
Financial highlights: Miss Loredo presented the February financial report. She reported total revenues to date of $181,231,956 and total expenditures of $146,245,218, leaving approximately $35,000,000 in positive cash flow. Vehicle tax collections for the month were $1,723,757. Loredo also reported impact-fee collections to date of $73,939,454 across 4,680 units and noted that York County Council will hold a third reading of a proposed impact fee on Monday, April 7.
Votes at a glance: - Update to five-year strategic plan: motion moved by a board member, seconded; approved by voice vote. - Adoption of 27 textbooks (administration recommendation): motion moved by a board member; seconded; approved by voice vote. - 2026-27 school calendar: motion moved by a board member; seconded; approved by voice vote.
The meeting concluded with a motion to enter executive session to discuss legal, contractual and personnel matters; the transcript excerpt ends before that session was recorded.
